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October 2023 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

2023 UCB Immunology/UCSF ImmunoX Retreat

Rachel Rutishauser was one of the co-organizers for joint UCSF ImmunoX/UCB Immunology retreat at Asilomar, last month. The Barbie-themed retreat featured some great DEM talks from Paul Ogongo and Gonzalo Acevedo. Gonzalo also won a poster award. You can see additional photos in the DEM Slack channel.

Announcements

DEM Seminar Series

The DEM seminar will be held in Building 3 through October. Starting in November the seminars will be moved to Pride Hall.

Upcoming DOMINOs Events

Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs with David Chia (Hospital Medicine, ZSFG) and Nicole Calder (DOM Education) - 10/20, 6:30PM


Dinner at Dash Japanese with Kirsten Fleischmann and Kirsten Tolstrup (Cardiology, UCSF Health) - 10/26, 6:30PM


Streets of Athens Cooking Lesson with Alyssa Tecklenburg (DOM Chair's Office) - 10/30, 6PM


Dinner at Lupa with Bob Wachter (DOM) - 9/20, 6 PM


Dinner at The Laundromat with Kat Li (Palliative Medicine) and Kapo Tam (DOM) - 9/27, 5:30 PM

We Thought We'd Beat These Three Diseases, but They're Still Killing Us


Richard Conniff wrote a guest essay on TB and malaria for the NY Times. Click here to read the essay.

ZRAB Updates

Pride Hall Move-In Tracker

Please use the following link if you encounter any issues with your move to Pride Hall.


The following items may be reported via the Move-In & Request Tracker Form:

  • IT issues – the IT Team will be alerted when an issue is submitted
  • Facilities issues (i.e., door handle isn’t working, restroom issues, etc.) – these will be entered as a work order to Facilities for remediation
  • Equipment issues (removing extra shelving, removing “mobile” storage under benches, issues related to Lab equipment connections, space, etc.)
  • Move-Related Issues (i.e., missing boxes or items, damage to items)
  • Furniture Issues (monitor arm problems, sit/stand issues, and anything else related to furniture)
  • Badge Access
  • Other (any items that don’t fit the scope of the above)

Any requests for new items may be submitted but are not guaranteed for approval as they need to be reviewed by the project team.


UCSF ID Badges

Any UCSF ID badge with a black magnetic stripe on the back will need to be replaced. Click here for additional information.


DEM Move Schedule

  • October 9: Ernst office & Ernst Lab desks, CIL desks
  • October 10: Ernst Lab
  • October 11: CIL Lab Move

Staffing Updates

Departures

  • Joshua Vasquez - Asst Adj Professor - Hunt


Arrivals

  • Tasha Tsao - BMS Rotation Student - Henrich
  • Olga Rivera Ballesteros - Visitor - Henrich
  • Weihao Zheng - Specialist. -Ernst
  • Emily Kim - UC Visiting Student - Javid
  • Helen Zhang - UC Visiting Student - Javid


Current Openings

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Awards and Publications

Gina Borgo and Rachel Rutishauser recently had a review published in Current Opinions in HIV & AIDS titled: "Generating and measuring effective vaccine-elicited HIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses". Click here to read their review.


Congratulations to Tim Henrich for receiving a K24 from the NIAID for a project entitled "Mentoring scientists for careers in HIV translational clinical research".  

DEM Events


Oct 10 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Kenneth Keiler


Oct 11 | 12:00-1:30 PM

CARE Program and Office of the Ombuds Welcome Event


Oct 16 | 9 AM

ImmunoX Seminar Series - Yasmine Belkaid


Oct 17 | 9-10 AM

iMicro Special Seminar Series - Rotem Sorek


Oct 17 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Jamie Konopka


Oct 18 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM

2023 UCSF Health Equity Symposium


Oct 18 | 4 PM

BMS Seminar Series - Stavroula Kousteni, PhD


Oct 23 | 9 AM

ImmunoX Seminar Series - Sergei Koralov


Oct 23 | 12-1 PM

DEM Seminar Series - Diana Alba


Oct 24 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Khavong Pha


Oct 25 | 4 PM

BMS Seminar Series - Meng Wang, PhD


Oct 30 | 9 AM

ImmunoX Seminar Series - Mike Jensen


Oct 27 | 6-8 PM

Sports Basement Discount Night and Social for UCSF Faculty and Friends


Oct 30 | 12-1 PM

DEM Seminar Series - Babak Javid


Oct 31 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Karen Ottemann


Nov 6 | 9 AM

ImmunoX Seminar Series - David Artis


Nov 7 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Oriana Kreutzfeld


Nov 10 | all-day

UCSF Holiday: Veterans Day


Nov 13 | 9 AM

ImmunoX Seminar Series - Dana Pe'er


Nov 14 | 10-11 AM

iMicro Seminar Series - Balyn Zaro

Division Links

UCSF Division of Experimental Medicine | Website